Pricing
Clear pricing built around accuracy,
compliance, and peace of mind.
Core Accounting System for Law Firms
Range
$850 - $2,500 / month
What’s Included
- Monthly bookkeeping and financial management
- IOLTA Trust accounting oversight and reconciliation
- Monthly close and financial reporting
- Business tax return preparation
- Year-end tax projection and planning
- Payroll processing for up to 3 employees
- Ongoing communication and support
Firms with more complex financial structures or additional requirements will require an increased fee based on scope.
Add-Ons
Some services are billed separately from the core accounting system. These items are common depending on the size of the firm, number of employees, and ownership structure, and pricing varies depending on scope and complexity.
Additional Payroll Employees
Payroll for up to 3 employees is included in the core accounting system. Additional employees are charged a per‑employee-per-month fee.
Pricing: $10–$20 per employee
Owner’s Taxes
We also handle personal taxes for the vast majority of our clients, but because individual tax situations can vary significantly (multiple owners, investments, rentals, etc.) a firm owner’s individual tax return is billed separately
Pricing: $1,000–$2,500+ annually depending on complexity
Strategic Advisory & CFO Support
Aligned CPA offers higher‑level advisory support for firms that need deeper financial guidance and performance visibility. This includes structured strategy meetings along with custom financial reporting and KPI dashboards to help firm leaders understand performance and make better decisions.
Pricing: Starting at $1,500 per month
One-Time Setup Cost
$2,000 - $15,000
One of the biggest accounting costs for law firms is the one-time setup work that has to happen before monthly services begin. The foundation fee covers all of it — here's what that includes and how it breaks down.
The foundation fee isn't one thing — it's a combination of everything required to get your financial systems accurate and organized before ongoing work can start.
The size of each component depends on your situation. A law firm with clean books but unfiled tax returns has a different breakdown than one with 12 months of unreconciled transactions and a practice management system dumping bad data into QuickBooks.
What the foundation fee typically covers:
- Client onboarding - setting up your accounts in our systems, access, workflow
- Trust accounting cleanup - ensuring your three-way reconciliation is in palce
- Bookkeeping backwork - reconciling however many months are behind
- Tax return preparation - business and/or personal returns that need to be file
- Payroll setup or migration - registering with state/federal agencies
If a firm’s accounting setup is unusually complex or requires significant cleanup, that work is handled during onboarding or one‑time projects so the ongoing monthly system can remain simple and predictable.
Getting Started
To learn more about our pricing and understand how our services are delivered, schedule a discovery call with our team.